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Post by calculus on Sept 12, 2009 19:41:50 GMT 7
September 1, 2009
(september 1) aaaaaw, thank you for the fan art!!!!!! whoever you are, you anonymous commenter on my blog you, thank you for making this for me! it definitely made my day! :-) i love how the hair is so my hair, and the eyes too! haha. feel na feel ko naman ata masyado ang pagka-superbianca ko.  today is a major day for philippine politics. couldn't believe senator mar stepped down! i must say, i really look up to him much more now. its such a big, big dream of his to run for president, and he's been very vocal about it ever since, and now he humbled himself. its nice to know some politicians are still selfless! now that candidacy filing is nearing, i hope we all keep aware of who we should vote for and why! lots will happen in the coming months! GoD bless our country!
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Post by calculus on Sept 12, 2009 19:42:07 GMT 7
September 2, 2009
(september 2) rest in peace, alexis. today is a sad, sad day for the philippine film industry. i first met alexis when i was a senior in college, working part time as ryan agoncillo's co-host on 'review night' on cinema one. he was always so smart and spot on when it came to film. he wasn't a filmmaker, he was a critic, but everyone had high respect for him. for someone who didn't grow up here in the philippines, but chose to stay here to better the industry, is a big deal. for someone to take his life over laptops and jewelry is complete nonsense. i'm still in shock and still mourning his and his girlfriend nika's senseless passing. its passionate people like them that make a difference in this world. please say a prayer for them today.
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Post by calculus on Sept 12, 2009 19:42:29 GMT 7
September 3, 2009
(september 3) work day. :-) green ruffled top from meg, gray waist belt from a bazaar, blue skirt from bangkok. hi everyone! work today was very tiring but fulfilling. i was fired up for the day, morning pa lang. :-) for those of you on twitter and if you follow me, you know why!! so i posted this morning, 'dear mr. mikey arroyo, we went to the same school. how come you don't share the same values as the rest of us?' and sooo many as in sooo many people replied! gave me the idea of writing an article, 'dear mr. mikey'!!!! basically a compilation of people's thoughts on him. pinoys are so funny and creative i swear! will post it soon on my blog. :-) if you wanna add, just send them to me via twitter! go! :-D
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Post by calculus on Sept 12, 2009 19:42:48 GMT 7
September 4, 2009
(september 4) today is such a great day!!!! :-) striped men's shirt by joey samson, jeans from bangkok that i cuffed at the ends, black weave belt from zara, assorted bangles and big men's watch, crochet wedges from anne klein. :-) okay so this morning, thanks to my wonderful brother luis, i got to go to the main office of ray ban to finally replace my worn out ratty pair. i swear! i died and went to ray ban heaven!!!! i couldn't believe it! doctora devi took such good care of me and i am now the proud owner of two new pairs! can't wait to show them to you guys!!!! :-) i love ray ban! they're super the epitome of cool! okay next. i'm now getting my much needed hair treatment from my love alex carbonell. the head massage during the hair treatment is divine!! plus they gave me coffee and an ipod to plug in my ears!! talk about pampering.  i swear, you should really visit him at studio fix, fourth floor, greenbelt five, makati. love ittt!
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Post by calculus on Sept 12, 2009 19:43:17 GMT 7
September 4, 2009
(september 4.2) yaaay! thank you mtrcb!!!! :-) they gave us at y speak a special award for promoting education! and its their first ever awards night so its an honor to be recognized! :-) i attended with my producers ate karen and mark. and on the red carpet, would you believe, na-wow mali ako??!? hahahahaha! gosh i used to watch that show growing up, and i can't believe i'm on it! haha! actually it ended up being baduy, cause when the interviewer started talking too fast that it was not understandable, i said kaagad, 'uuy, parang wow mali naman to.' in fairness to him he stuck to his role, but when i said it again, he gave in na! haha. sat beside daddy j aka julius babao the whole night, and we were just talking about the different political shockers the past week! we are both still undecided and still studying who to vote for president. :-)
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Post by calculus on Sept 17, 2009 6:19:31 GMT 7
September 5, 2009
(september 5) thank you ray ban!!!! :-) haha. this is one of the models that they gave me. its not seen in the lighting of this photo but its super, super bright yellow! good for morenas. :-) e live today was suuuuper fun, we miss mariel though! i'm so happy tito gary gave me an autographed cd! its says pa, 'dear bianca', waaah! i'm still so starstruck. tito gary has always, always been so nice to me. as in. ever since i became vocal about my advocacy for kids, super bait na niya. like the time i did tough ten? he saw the plug and texted me pa good luck and that he prayed for me! at the height of my nervous-ness i got that text! amazing. :-) ayun lang. and oh, i saw 'land of the lost today'. i'm a will ferrell fan but aaw man. this movie really was just not great. i was quite disappointed! so if you are planning to watch a movie, maybe go see kimmydora na lang. i heard its good!
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Post by calculus on Sept 17, 2009 6:19:54 GMT 7
September 6, 2009
(september 6) ni hao! haha, yessss.. i'm on my last trip before the daily work for pinoy big brother starts again! and yessss, its yet again another asian destination! :-) would've wanted to go to europe talaga sobra, but there was no way i could miss work long enough to go.  but anyhoo, this is still a city i've never been to before and am so excited to explore!!!! obviously by 'ni hao', its in a mandarin speaking city. i won't say just yet where, so you can play a little guessing game first. lunch today was duck! haha, it was the first itinerary of the day talaga! plan to have duck every single day while here. :-p i love duck!!!! although there is some sort of city-wide rehearsal on going now, for the upcoming national day, so streets and stores are closed! can't really go around daw today so we just made a food trip of the day. :-) hope you've eaten well as well!
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Post by kate on Sept 17, 2009 18:46:41 GMT 7
September 7, 2009
(september 7) 798 art district is officially, officially one of my favorite places here in china! woooooow. i'm in awe! imagine a whole district, maybe as big as malate, that is like cubao x meets new york's meatpacking district with the weather of san francisco. its sooo beautiful! every little corner is an art shot or is fashion editorial worthy. its rows and rows and streets and streets of art galleries and art shops, from paintings to sculptures to portraits to ceramics, and the architecture and interior design is just crazy!!!! there's a giant birdcage designed cafe, there's a cement man with wings hanging from a random building, there are graffiti walls as far as the eyes can see. its sooo beautiful! i'm still looking for the perfect item to take home from here. i can't wait to share pictures on my blog! for now, its break time at a cool outdoor cafe. :-)
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Post by kate on Sept 17, 2009 18:46:56 GMT 7
September 7, 2009
(september 7.2) happiness is stumbling upon a giant muji store and a giant uniqlo store in the same mall!! yaaaay!! muji and uniqlo are two of my favorite brands ever. look them up online to see their catalogue! actually for this trip, all my outfits are muji inspired. yung parang magyoyoga lang. or tatambay lang sa hacienda. haha. if you know muji, you know what i mean! what i'm wearing now is from muji. all loose fitting, light clothes. :-) they also sell home stuff and i swear if kaya, my future house will have all muji stuff inside! :-) uniqlo naman has really fantastic clothes. hoarded so much in tokyo last march and did again here! haha, oddly though vince shopped more than me at uniqlo. so many men's polos on sale eh! i just got din stuff for my mom and sister. :-)
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Post by calculus on Sept 17, 2009 21:38:06 GMT 7
September 8, 2009
(sep 8) tiananmen square! the tiananmen square where mao zedong used to address his subjects. this place rocks!!! on the itinerary today were the forbidden city, tiananmen square, and bei hai park. aside from famous restaurants for lunch and dinner. oh wow, I've had so much duck here that I told my family to not wonder if I start quacking when I get home! sooo much duck it should be a sin! hahaa. amazing the history of china. really. the forbidden city is just this massive complex with temples for every single type of occasion or celebration! its preserved so well despite the thousands of tourists that visit everyday! tiananmen square is rally somewhere people like to sit and hang. amazing to see mao's giant face in person. bei hai park is so pretty like new york's central park. all the lakes, and trees, and structures. very, very nice.
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Post by calculus on Sept 17, 2009 21:38:29 GMT 7
September 9, 2009
(sep 9) today is 090909, a rare day in history, and a great day to do something great. we definitely decided to do something great today.. and that is to.. CONQUER THE GREAT WALL!!!! wow. wow. really. words are not enough to describe what its like. I tried taking both photo and video, but really, wow, nothing beats being there, on the wall, climbing it, touching it. its so surreal!!! looking back at the photos now I still can't believe I was actually there!!! we did the 10K hike from jinshanling to simatai. the part of the wall not yet restored in modern times. as in the actual wall parts during the ming dynasty. we were on it! AWESOME EXPERIENCE. exhausting too. didn't bring my phone, sorry, can't send an mms. will post everything on my blog naman and will let you know when its up. on the way back to beijing now. its actually three hours by land. so exhausted on the bus, and so glad we brought snacks and water with us to eat and drink along the way.
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Post by calculus on Sept 17, 2009 21:38:53 GMT 7
September 9, 2009
(sep 9.2) its a celebratory dinner! hahahaha. we've been having chinese every single meal, so for tonight we decided to go for french! went for steak strips with blue cheese sauce and a nice bottle of white wine. ahhh! we're in this nice resto we found on lonely planet (our travel bible, I swear) and its a charming but inexpensive resto! our kind of place. we feel we have this extra purpose whenever we travel.. to get fellow tourists we meet to go to manila! always, always. when we make friends, we always tell them to come to manila, or boracay. we enjoy a couple of drinks together and exchange email addresses, usually to send them our pictures together. fun! tonight we met three germans. alex, tobias and cruz. real funny guys who kept giving us travel tips. we raised our glasses and tobias said, 'we will never be this young again. cheers!' 
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Post by calculus on Sept 21, 2009 16:31:56 GMT 7
September 10, 2009
(september 10) death by duck!!!! hahahahaha. wow, i really, really just might come home quacking na! imagine, duck every day and sometimes twice a day? eeek! i am so staying away from duck for the next month or so. how will i get back into shape after eating so much this week?! i feel like i gained five pounds or more. no joke. can't wait to get back to my daily morning run. need to sweat out all this duck fat! hahaa! this is the famous li qun restaurant. hidden in the narrow streets of mid town beijing. we discovered it on lonely planet and online. the place really does not look like much, is quite run down actually, but wow, photos and photos on the wall of important people who have come here for one thing.. the duck of course! amazing. i swear. we live by lonely planet. supported by a bit more research online, the descriptions in lonely planet are so accurate. i wonder how i can write for them!! will write for travel!! haha.
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Post by calculus on Sept 21, 2009 16:32:29 GMT 7
September 10, 2009
(september 10.2) welcome to bar blu!! its this super steady rooftop bar in the sanlitun area. a whole area much like malate with strips of cafes and bars and every few steps you take the smells and the sounds change! really nice, bustling area! :-) we chose this place, first cause the music was steady, second cause it was nice and cold rooftop open air, third cause they had a big screen playing football highlights! nice. haha. so funny though, in the table beside us, we couldn't help but overhear two english boys picking up two korean girls! busting out all these funny pick up lines like, 'hey i know some chinese, wo ai ni!' hahahaha! or, 'yeah, maybe after a few drinks here we can go dancing!' twas so, so funny. :-) its nice to people watch talaga! haha! or observe how they act! do you enjoy people watching too?
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Post by calculus on Sept 21, 2009 16:32:51 GMT 7
September 11, 2009
(september 11) back to manila, back to reality, back to friday night rainy day traffic!!!! eeek! hi everyone, ni hao! :-) i'm back! sad to end my vacation but happy to be back home. and oh my, my mom and sister told me its been raining since i was gone, and really, from the sky, in the plane, super manila looked gray! what gloomy weather, ayayay.. and with it comes terrible traffic! been on the road for an hour, for what would usually take fifteen minutes! for everyone reading this, traffic update is, its bad everywhere! stay in! :-) haha. anyway, its been such a terrific week and it was a fantastic trip. i still have so many pending travel posts on my blog, but slowly but surely, i'll post them! can't wait to show you all my tumbling shot on the great wall, plus on this hanging bridge hundreds of feet above water! super scary! but a great shot! happy friday guys. :-)
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